Author: Agent Bubbles

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INT. MOREAU AND D.’S OFFICE – AFTERNOON

CUT TO MOREAU and DIRECTOR D., practically wasting away in their office. They’re surrounded by a mess of papers and folders neither have bothered to clean up.

DIRECTOR D.

You’d think Jupiter would at least send in other prisoners for us to talk to while we’re still here.

MOREAU

He knows we aren’t psychologists. Besides, I don’t think he cares about the rest.

DIRECTOR D.

Yup. Did you see another volunteer come in today?

MOREAU

Hah! Another piece of canon fodder for him because the coward won’t do it himself.

DIRECTOR D.

Be a little more optimistic, Moreau. If he loses too many people he may ask us to go next.

The building suddenly shakes. Both jump from their seats.

DIRECTOR D.

Earthquakes now??

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INT. EREWHON PRISON, JUPITER’S LAB –  EVENING

FADE IN.

We open this episode where we left off, with DIRECTOR D. and MOREAU watching the completion of the beginning of JUPITER’S experiment. All four prisoners are in their places now, hung in suspended animation in a sleep-like state, with JUPITER looking proudly on.

MOREAU

…So…what will happen to them?

JUPITER

(Pacing)

Ideally, I will have removed all their evil temptations and desires, and I will be able to prove them as good, law-abiding members of society.

(Con’t)

But reality is often not ideal. I doubt this will change them at all–at best, the chance for these things to go wrong is quite high.

(Con’t)

But we must all make sacrifices for our goals…I’m sure you would understand.

DIRECTOR D. and MOREAU don’t respond. They likely don’t have any moral opposition to this sort of experimentation, but they’re still very stunned and confused.

JUPITER

Now, if you’ll leave us be—

A lab assistant walks up to the bottom platform, sitting in a chair under the devices. A helmet slowly attaches to his head, and the entire machine lights up, nearly blinding all in the room.

Once the lights are gone, so is the assistant, with the helmet and chair empty as though nothing had happened at all.

JUPITER

–I’ll let my assistants get started on exploring their minds.

(Con’t)

Let Stage 1 of the Dream Machine Project begin!

Hello Poptropicans! Once again I nearly missed making this for October, but here it is right on the dot at the start of the new month. 🍂

Like past Poptober events, the “rules” are simple: draw something according to these Pop-related prompts. For you ambitious artists out there, you can opt for the full challenge of drawing each prompt every day. But otherwise, feel free to pick and choose or do an alternate version of the challenge, such as every other day or every week. 🧑‍🎨

Poptober takes inspiration from creativity challenges like Inktober or Mermay, and there are no particular rules on art mediums or how to interpret the prompts. Just keep it Poptropica-themed!

We’d love to see your creations, and there are plenty of ways to share them with us. ✨ You can comment on this post with link(s) to your art, post on Instagram with the hashtag #Poptober2023, or share on the #pop-art channel of the PHC, our Discord server.

Have fun creating, and I’ll hop on here again later!

Castori honorem ~ Smart Bubbles 🫧